Building unit



F. H. HALSEY BiIILDI G UNIT July 5, 1932.

Original Filed Feb. 26, 1929 INVENTOR ATTORNEY Patented July 5, 1932 FRED n. HALSEY, or TEXARKANA, ARKANSAS BUILDING UNIT Original application filed February 26, 1929, Serial No. 342,760. Divided and this application filed. August 19, 1930;. Serial No. 476,853.

My invention relates to building constructions or units. I

The subject matter herein disclosed and claimed forms the third division of my copending application for building construction, Serial No. 342,760, filed February 26, 1929. I

An object ofthe present invention is to provide a building unit wherein the filler and wings or hook elements are sheet metal.

Another object ofthe invention isto provide a building unit embodying a filler formed of plastic material and wings or hook elements formed of sheet metal.

With the preceding and other objects and advantages in mind, the invention consists in the novel combination, of elements, constructions and arrangements of parts and operations to be. hereinafter more fully described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure 1 is a view of a sheet metal unit;

Fig. 2 is an end elevation illustrating the sheet metal unit formed with a floorpanel;

Fig. 3 is an elevation ofv a modification of the sheet metal unit;

Fig. 4 illustrates a unit composed of a plastic filler and sheet metal hook or wing; and

Fig.5 is an enlarged detail view showing a further modification of Fig. 4.

Referring to Fig. 1 a sheet metal unit is disclosed which is formed from a single length of sheet metal. In this instance the length of sheet metal is fashioned with a substantially rectangular filler 36. The'ends of the length of sheet metal is fashioned to provide wings or hook elements '37 of double thickness and which are substantially Z-shaped so that they will embrace the base and web of the joists 36*. From one end of one of the hook-ele- I ments 37 the sheet metal is continued horizonformed fromr -In the embodiment of the invention disclosed in Fig. 2 the filler 36 is formed to extendabove the joists and is fashioned with a horizontal floor panel 41.

In the construction shown in Fig. 3, the unit consists of a sheet metal panel 42 having divergent wings 43 which terminate in sub stantially Z-shaped hooks 44 for embracing the base of the joists and which project through slots in the web of the latter, the metal forming the wings and extensions is of double thickness and the two adjacent wings of two adjacent units are preferably locked together by a wedge 45.

' The construction disclosed in Figs. 4 and 5 is a combination of the plastic filler and sheet metal supporting elements. In this construction an inverted U-shaped plastic filler 46 having lateral extensions 47 at the terminals of its leg is provided. Secured to each of the extensions 47 is a sheet metal wing 48 having a substantially Z-shaped hook element 49 at its upper end for engagement with the oists.

In the construction shown in Fig. 5' the wing 48 and hook element 49 are formed from a length of sheet metal of a single thickness, the wing and hook element at one side of the unit is braced by an angularly disposed sheet metal plate 50 attached to the outer edge of one of the extensions 47.

What I claim is:

1. In a sheet met-a1 building unit, a'hollo filler formed from a length of sheet metal,

the ends of the length of sheet metal being bent to provide suspension wings for engagement with two adjacent building beams, an integral horizontal sheet metal panel under lying the filler to which a ceiling panel is adapted to be secured, said horizontal panel and one of said suspension wings terminating into a laterally projecting extension underlying one of said beams.

2. In a sheet metal building unit, a hollow filler formed from a length of sheet metal and .of a height to extend above the horizontally FRED H. HALSEY. 

